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Kentucky racing officials say drug screening for horses will improve and become cheaper under a change to their testing system.
The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere.
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision.
An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month.
Random drug tests will begin next year for horses in polo matches in the U.S. after the deaths of 21 elite horses in Florida that were injected with an incorrectly mixed supplement shortly before a championship match, the United States Polo Association said Wednesday.
A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle.
Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.
The rush to improve safety since Eight Belles was euthanized at last year's Kentucky Derby did little to curb the number of horses dying at American racetracks in 2008, The Associated Press found in a national count.
Federal officials say they will complete a wild horse roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border within the next few days.
This is the Cheyenne Rodeo. It’s a rough and tumble world.
A Florida pharmacy that mixed a deadly concoction of vitamin supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses fired a lab technician who prepared the mix after she spoke with federal investigators, according to a whistleblower complaint filed against the business.
Horse breeder Ernest Paragallo, who was banned from racing after 177 malnourished horses were seized in a raid of his upstate New York farm, has been arraigned on 35 counts of animal cruelty.
A Greene County grand jury indicted racehorse breeder Ernest Paragallo on Thursday on 35 misdemeanor cruelty charges arising from allegations that horses on his upstate New York farm were underfed and parasite-infested.
A San Diego County ranch owner says 23 show horses have been poisoned by someone who fed them highly toxic oleander leaves.
The clip-clop of police horses will no longer heard on Boston streets.
NEWARK, N.J. — Broadway Kevin waited in the auction holding pen, a successful harness horse whose life was now worth less than the cost to take care of him.
Steeplechase and hurdle racing was suspended Thursday in Australia's Victoria state after the deaths of three horses in two days at the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A year after the tragic death of Eight Belles unleashed an unprecedented wave of criticism of horse racing, a central question surrounds the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby: Are the horses that will hurtle around the Churchill Downs racetrack on Saturday any safer than the ill-fated filly?
Horseracing isn’t dead like the dinosaurs. It’s more like the black rhinoceros — something that someday will exist only in zoos as an exhibit, not in the real world as something alive and thriving and a part of the landscape.
Florida's top veterinarian on Tuesday blamed the deaths of 21 elite polo horses on an overdose of a common mineral that helps muscles recover from fatigue.
At least six horses in the projected Kentucky Derby field of 20 finished no better than third in their latest start. And, if past is prologue, they might as well stay put in their barns.
Four horses had to be euthanized in four days from injuries suffered in steeplechase races in Victoria state, renewing calls for the races to be banned.
A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them.
After the death of 21 horses in Florida, the United States Polo Association says it will examine safeguards for polo horses, including developing a prohibited substance policy.
Horse lovers from around the country are hauling away sickly horses from thoroughbred owner Ernie Paragallo's upstate New York breeding farm.
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced"An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of the domestic horse..." -Science Daily
Taking the reinsThe clopping of hooves permeates the early morning darkness as headlights on a Rogers County road silhouette a group of unconventional commuters. Five teenagers on horseback yield, forcing their animals into a ditch.
There was a time when I thought that dressing up pets was weird. Not to mention annoying for the pets. Then I became "mom" to several fur persons – three dogs and a cat, to be specific – who loved dressing up.
Rescued Horses Find New Start at Kentucky Horse ParkSome unwanted horses are being cared for at the Kentucky Horse Park.
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: FAQsGet your state and local representatives involved in this important matter. Our wildlife, and our beautiful heritage must be saved.
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: SolutionsAmerica's Wild Horses must be protected. The stupidity of the Bureau of Land Management is directly related to their "invisible" contracts with the cattle ranchers who have pressured the BLM to get their eco-destructive, overgrazing cows onto public lands.
South Florida Sees Rise in Illegal Horse Meat Market"South Florida is seeing a jump in the horse meat market."
Horse Rescues Get Creative to Combat Donation RecessionHorse rescue groups are getting creative in raising funds ahead of an expected hard winter amid an economic downturn.
2 women charged with multiple counts of animal crueltyTwo Union County residents were arrested on multiple animal cruelty counts after deputies found two dead horses on their property, including one that died with 30 pounds of sand in its stomach.
38-yr-old Horse Elmer Bandit Completes Iowa Competitive Ride Perfect fall weather found 38-year-old Elmer Bandit completing both days of the Stephens Forest Competitive Trail event near Lucas, Iowa, this past weekend. The event added 40 miles to the gray, half-Arabian's record mileage, which now stands at 20,780 miles.
Miami Horse Poaching: Arrest, Criminal Charges MadeLuis Miguel Cordero, 18, confessed to the Miami Gardens incident after Miami-Dade Police arrested him in the pasture of a Northwest Miami-Dade County ranch on Sept. 15.
Cloud: Challenge of the StallionsThe continuing saga of Cloud, the wild, white stallion of the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana.
Racehorse's health restored 1 year after hellish descentIt's a happy ending for a racehorse whose luck seemed to have run out. He was injured and sick -- but a year later he is a gorgeous chestnut who is likely to portray the great Secretariat in a film about that champion.
Fire Destroys Several Horse Barns at Kentucky Fairground Two Days After Fair Wraps UpThe Kentucky Fairgrounds (now officially known as the Kentucky Exposition Center) in Louisville, Ky lost several horse barns to fire just two days after the Fair wrapped up for the year.
Groups try to save wild horses(CN) - Defenders of wild horses are protesting a federal decision to round up 70 horses on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in Montana, saying the plan threatens the genetic viability of the herd.
Animal Instincts During his sophomore year in high school, Cody Beck finally got fed up with hearing homophobic cracks. If his classmates thought being gay was weird (Beck was openly bisexual), he had a confession that would blow their minds.
Fla. pharmacy is sued in polo horses deathsA Florida lab worker who mixed a concoction of supplements that officials say killed 21 polo horses earlier this year claims the pharmacy fired her for speaking with investigators. That's in a whistle-blower complaint filed in July against Franck's Pharmacy in Ocala.
Horses being killed in South Florida -- for their meat? Geronimo was a beautiful painted quarter horse. "He was a type of horse that he got along with everybody," says owner Ivonne Rodriguez. She had Geronimo for five years -- until his slaughtered carcass was found under a tree.
Properties quarantined in Hendra outbreakQueensland Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin has confirmed there has been an outbreak of hendra virus amongst horses at a property near Rockhampton in the state's central region.
Ocala home to erotic getaway. And we thought all it had was horses-Now that we blog 'round the clock, we realize we're missing a lot. Like a life. So we haven't been to Ocala lately and still thought the place was all about horses.
Dozens of Horses Poisoned at Local FarmInvestigators say 23 show horses, including two pregnant mares, were deliberately poisoned by someone who mixed highly toxic oleander plant with animal treats. It happened at Rockridge Farm in Rancho Santa Fe.
Horse slaughters have Miami-area owners on edge MIAMI – Someone is killing the horses of Miami-Dade County. Since January, police say at least 17 horses have been butchered, their carcasses left on roadsides or in stalls or rural pastures.
Police: SC man charged with having sex with horse - Yahoo! NewsI think the headline says it all!!! Just go ahead and read this story this man has had sex with this horse repeatedly!
Why can people get doctors care in a life or death crises and animals would be put to DEATH?. Less than a week under doctors care and I will be fine!
Buy a horse or burro for $25.00!A piece of the Wild West is coming to South Florida today. Twenty-five dollars and proof that you can provide adequate food, water and facilities will buy you a wild horse or burro.
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